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The Internet and Consumption of Pornography

A Case of Generation Y in the Czech and Slovak Republic

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Sexuality influences a number of the motives of people’s behavior, e.g. at work, at school, or in free time, and it affects their values and everyday needs. The paper presents exploratory pre-research focused on the sociotechnical aspects connected with pornography consumption, carried out on a sample of Generation Y members from the Czech and the Slovak Republic. The aim of the paper is to describe the behavior and attitudes of Generation Y in connection with the use of ICTs for the purpose of accessing pornographic material and the consumption of pornography outside of privacy, e.g. at school or at work. The conclusion is interesting to social informatician as a basis for further empirical research or theoretical perspectives and company policy makers in connection with Generation Y entering work environment. The respondents access pornography almost exclusively on mobile devices via the Internet (streaming) and prefer free pornographic content. Only 5.9% of men and 3.6% of women stated that they also view porn at school or at work. Although some studies from the UK and US have highlighted the growing consumption of pornography at work, so in this study, the same trend was not identified in the Generation Y from the Czech and the Slovak Republic. A recommendation for organizations is presented in the context of a possible future change of the selected social group attitudes.

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The authors thank to Oldrich Kopecky from PricewaterhouseCoopers Czech Republic for helping with data collection and discussion about corporate issues connected with the sexual behavior of employees.

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Smutny, Z., Sulc, Z. (2018). The Internet and Consumption of Pornography. In: Bodrunova, S. (eds) Internet Science. INSCI 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11193. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01437-7_7

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